Malaya Tribune, 21 January 1915

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  • 46 1 The Malaya Tribune. EVENING DAILY.] SHI IP jPI jNT G GAZETTE. EVENING DAILY. EVENING DAILY. Voi. 2.- No. 17. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1915 Price 5 Cents. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1915 THE GREAT WAR. NOTES AND NEWS. CfK fftalapa tribune* THURSDAY, JANUARY 21.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 745 1 AT LARGE AGAIN To-night! At The Cm A 1 ETY Palace JUNCTION OF ALBERT and BENCOOLEN STREETS. That most daring, greatest, ingenious and unmitigated criminal of extraordinary exclusive powers the present century has yet known ROCAMBOLE THIRD SEMES 3 f=f "TOREA" PARTS IN LENGTH A GIRL SPY IN MEXICO Including
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  • 409 2 Appeals to Government to Help Him Reach the Straits. Following is the full text of a letter appearing in the Madras journal 44 Indian Patriot" of Bth inst. Sir, —I. I regret to say that my offer to go to the front in any capacity was declined.
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  • 256 2 Delhi, Dec. 30.—The following has been received by H. E. the Viceroy from the Secretary of State The Times publishes an account of the position in the Soudan, showing the strikingly loyal attitude of the Soudanese. Sirdar Sir Francis Wingate, the Governor-General, assembled the principal religious
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  • 194 2 How it may be Acquired. v Nerve-energy must come from j assimilated food," writes Professor I Fraser Harris, If. I)., in his book M Nerves," and he continues Food containing phosphorus is certaiuly neeeatary to build up a robust nervous system." There, in a sentence, is the secret of
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    • 344 2 I HIGH CLASS LIQUEURS MARIE BNZARDJtOGER 1 Established 1755 I f CRĔME MENTHE GLACMLE I /Jhl 1 Peppermint (Qreen) I THE QUEEN OF AU 1 MmMW~mtri\ AFT£R OiMNER LIQUEURS I WĔĔSJm anisette 1 HF curaqao, cacao I oes? APRICOT BRANDY I Importers John LITTLE &C Limited i 11 in miimi
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    • 118 2 G. C. LEE, 158, Ppinsep Street. PIANO TUNER AND REPAIRER. TERMS MODERATE. 2-11 1-10 J. i JAYATILAKA, :0: Licensed Surveyor OF VAST EXPERIENCE Counting over 35 years' service in Ceylon and the Straits Government. Work Under Personal Supervision CHARGES MODERATE. No. 81, Tank Road. 10-7 MOTOR CAR OIL SUPPLIED AT
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    • 232 2 THE Straits Albion tm Limited. PRINTERS 20A-ZOC, COLLYER OLtt, SINGAPORE, TVTE have just re, consignment i per s.s. 44 XAGOYA.' view of meeting the prtixj tailed rasoarces of custom prepared to execute orden f of the following, if accon,p a it< by Cash —at 10% discount. Koh-i-Xoor Tracing doth 96
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  • 676 3 INCIDENTS IN THE FIGHTING LINE. Heroism of a Signaller- Tl following story occurs in a u»-r from the front A signaller in the Border Regi-.-nt was wounded at about 10 k in tfce morning. His thigh broken, and he lay in such an position that he could not
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  • 1222 3 His First Act. A very few weeks ago a certain Admiral was at his place, as Chief of the Staff, in the Admiralty in Whitehall. He received orders from Lord Fisher. He left London. Hi travelled 7,000 miles before he was heard of, then the
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  • 299 3 Interned Hotel Clerk Wtu Found "Roast Beef of Old England" Monotonous. That he would prefer mutton a frequently was the grievance of an interned hotel clerk in the concentration camp at Newbury. The story of his complaint is told by a newspaper correspondent who recently visited
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  • 232 3 Desperate German Efforts to Save It. Cracow and Warsaw, the two Polish cities on the Vistula, are balanced against each other in the great conflict, says the Petrograd correspondent of the Chroaicle. It is supremely important for the Germans that the Russians should not take Cracow, separate
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  • 312 3 Madame De Thebes describes the year beginning with March, 1915, ag a great year, full of tumults, splendours, and things atrocious and sublime The war should end between March and July. Nationalities will be reborn, and oppressed people freed. Italy will draw the sword, and Germany will
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  • 226 3 I v Kneel on the liring line, Ye Slavs, ye Britons, Franks and H MM I Kneel, millions, kneel! Shout- Kai-< r.Czar calls President and King. Steady aim low will done A mile of men mown down 4 Now. kneel and wait them up and charge! Find
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  • 1211 4 Has Rumania been playing the game since the Kaiser started the European conflagration five months ago Evidently the Russians think not, and Muscovite opinion counts for much, not only with King Carol and his ministers but with the vast majority of the population. This fact doubtless accounts in
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  • 444 4 a remarkable story was rec told to the Isle of Wight Coi who inquired into the death Indian coal-trimmer upon ti Inventor, lying in Cowea I; Although the vessel carried i of eighty hands, there was no do it on board, and upon first complaini of
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  • 53 4 The death-rate for the week > I ing Jan. ltlth was .*{;>.77 total desl being 233, of these 172 were naakl and b'l females. They InclooV four male Europeans. -Malaria is responsible for IS deaths, next following being 89 Ihroofb phthisis, 27 from nun BIfMMIS. from beni-beri and
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    • 278 4 I ROBINSON Co. THE BIG BEN j ALARUM CLOCK In Bi'2 In Bab >' Ben Size Ben Size HEIGHT HIFGHT I 'll -ft i II Inches. I 4]4 Inches. w 2 Inches. Price $5.00 mm I ||M I I 11l II 111 ■111 DON'T HOARD YOUR CASH. Take ont a
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    • 59 4 BRITISH BEER j WE HAVE BEEN APPOINTED Sole Agents FOR < Messrs Allsopp Sons, THE WELL-KNOWN BREWERS OF BURTON-ON-TRENT. THE PILSENER BEER IS SUPPLIED j Under Royal Warrant to H. M. THE KING. Samples, on Application to I CALDBECK, MACGREGOR AND CO. 2-1 3i-;{ WANTED Lessens in Malay from a
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  • 439 5 ■fin, !•-cally, is $73.75u —:o: IGambier hi steady in Lon- •~»:o:— Gambier now finds buyers in at 20/6. :o:— now being handled at in London. »ni<Sgii ijgt year 3,897 piculs of wolfram rted from the F.M.S :o:— j .-t smoked sheet rubber is now 2/3 in th*-
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  • 253 5 Gabriel Maurice, Lishop of Shensi, Sian-fu province, in North China, passed throngh here to-diy returning to his diocese. The Bishop, a fine-built man of 48, has a jovial appearance which one does not usually associate with a cleric, and his reception of our representative was very
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  • 180 5 Arrival of a New Teuher. Among the passengers on board the French mail liner Yille de La Ciotat, which arrived in port from Europe this morning, are six Catholic Christian Brothers. Five of them are from Guernsey, bound for Saigon, and the other, Bro. B. T. Timothy,
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  • 120 5 The management of the Casino are to be congratulated upon the enterprise they are shewing in the production of first-class films. Last night the star pieces were the M Vampire of the Desert," 44 The Old Chateau" and 44 The Betraying Mark," which drew a large and appreciative
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  • 51 5 Programme for this Week. Thursday, 4.30 p.m. Demonstrated lesson in "Cookery for the sick room," by Mrs. Lornie. 5.90 pm. Lecture to Sick Nursing Class by Dr. MacDougall. Friday, 10 a.m. "Millinery," by Mrs. L. Watkins. 2.30 p.m. English Classes. 4 p.m. Bible Classes in Malay, English, Cantonese and
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  • 48 5 Zeppelin Airship Raid into England. WHOLESALE BOMB DROPPING. Reuter's Service. (From Our Special Correspondent.J London, Jan. 20, 12.30 a.m. Zeppelin airships dropped bombs on Great Yarmouth yesterday evening and caused some damage. It is feared there has been loss of life. Details are as yet scanty.
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  • 84 5 Loss of Life. London, Jan. 20, 12 40 a m. A German aircraft passed over Yarmouth and dropped several bombs, doing a good deal of damage to property and inflicting some loss of life. The aircraft appeared at Yarmouth about S.30 in the evening. It was impossible to
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  • 95 5 London, Jan. 20, 2.5 a.m. .It was too dark to identify the air-craft at Yarmouth, but from the noise of the engine it is believed that it was an aeroplane. It remained for ten minutes and dropped five bombs. Three persons were killed, several houses shattered and many
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  • 72 5 Precautions at London. London, Jan. 20, 2.5 a.m. An air-craft, believed to be a Zeppelin, at 10.45 in the evening dropped four bombs at King's Lynn, and also bombs near Sandringham. Two houses were demolished and one damaged at King's Lynn. A boy was killed, and three persons
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  • 117 5 Enemy Returns Safely. London, Jan. 20, 5 50 a.m. It is wired from Amsterdam that at two o'clock in the morning three German airships passed Helium, Yieland and Terschelling returning from the west. Their Majesties. Their Majesties the King and Queen left Sandringham yesterday and arrived
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  • 98 5 Loss of Four Lives and £50 Damage. London, Jan. 20, 12.30 p.m. The damage caused by the air raid was of the slightest, amounting only to £50 at Yarmouth, while the total death-roll was two women and two men. It appears that six air-craft reached the coast and
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  • 70 5 Cardinal Merciers Protests. Amsterdam, Jan. I9| 5.35 a.m. Cardinal Mercier has sent a letter to the priests of his diocese protesting against the Germans forcing an entrance to the vicarage and seizing his pastoral letter and threatening punishment if it was read. The Germans are violating the Cardinal's
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  • 121 5 Allies' Continued Success. London, Jan. 11», 0..*>0 p.m. The Paris communique says: There have been snow-storms in Belgium and intermittent cannonading. There has also been snow at Arras where our heavy artillery has on several occasions silenced the enemy's batteries. There has been a somewhat lively
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  • 44 5 London, Jan. 19, 10 p.m. Petrograd; The evening communique says that the Russians are successfully pursuing the retreating Turks and are clearing the enemy from the Trans Chorok country and capturing his positions on Sultan Selim mountain, inflicting heavy losses.
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  • 26 5 London, Jan. 20, 10.50 a.m. Amsterdam A Dutch naval launch was blown up by a mine in the Scheldt. Five men were drowned.
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  • 75 5 London, Jan. 19, f J.IS p.m. Paris It is officially announced that the submarine Saphir which was on patrol duty on January 15 near the Dardanelles has not rejoined its squadron. According to foreign press accounts it has been sunk by Turkish vessels, which rescued a part
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  • 89 5 Allied Positions Well Maintained- London, Jan. 20, 6 p.m. A Paris communique says there has been a lively artillery duel at Nieuport, the enemy vainly tr\ing to destroy our bridge at the mouth of the Yser. We succeeded in demolishing part of his subsidiary defences near Saint
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  • 101 5 London, Jan, 20, tJ.IO p.m. A communique says the enemy violently attacked Bois-de-Grurie. We retired from one trench under the shock. We recaptured, by two vigorous counter-attacks, thi greater part and afterwards the whole of the positions. The Germans mined the northeast salient of our trenches at
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  • 232 5 The Suez Canal. The Hague, Jan. 14. According to information received in Italy, Britain is taking measures on a large scale for the protection of the Suez Canal. An aviation station has been created at Port Said, and aviators are making patrol flights eastwards. Count Berchtold. The
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  • 179 5 The annual general meeting of the Indragiri (Sumatra) Rubber and Guttapercha Co. will be held at the Co's registered offices, French Bank Buildings, Singapore, at noon on the 20th inst. tmm :o> The Malay Mail says that Mr. Low Kee 800, Chinese Interpreter, Telok Anson, has arrived and taken up
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  • 196 6 Cmg Robbers Get Stiff Sentences. Twenty strokes of the birch and seven years' rigorous imprisonment was the punishment meted out by Mr. Justice Edmonds at [poll Assizes to a man convicted of being one of a gang of five who raided a coffee shop at Salak, terrorised
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  • 238 6 The 2nd anniversary of the above Sabha was held on Monday, the 11th instant, when Mr. D. Laws took the chair. Messrs. A. L>. Robb, Mills and Schouten, with all the leading Hindus and Chetties, were present. The report of the previous year was read by the
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  • 60 6 London, Dec. 2">.—The Xorddentsche Allgemeine Zeitung myt the great danger for Germany is the stoppage of the import of saltpetre. This would result in lack of nitrogen, which would lessen the harvest and would also entail shortage of ammunition and explosives. The same paper also urges stricter measures
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  • 84 6 The wedding took place on Dec. 11th, at St. James's Church, Paddington, of Lieut. John Mutter Ferguson, K.n. s BoMerors, and of Kuala Clangor, F.M.S., to Margtret (Meg.) second daughter of the tote Willnun Drayton-Taylor and SK r Taylur f *t. Kilda, ictoria. Australia. I Tbe dte for the Locky
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  • 72 6 Supreme Court. Tan Tiang Yew, the Teochow who was convicted in the Supreme Court yesterday for forgery, is being sued in th*» Civil Court by one K. N. Shaik Da wood. There are two cases against the same accused and one against Chop Leong Huat, by the same
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  • 276 6 Housebreakers Get 9 Months. Two Hylams, Goh Ah Jong and j Goh Kia Jwee, wore brought up before the District Judge yesterda}' on a charge of house trespass by entering into the house of Dr. Martin, at Fairfield, at the corner of Cluny and Lermit roads on Jan.
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  • 283 6 Tramway-car conductors and labourers, who are being trained as drivers and conductors, respectively, to fill the places of those on war service, are to receive from the London County Council full wages during their training. —:o:— A Petrograd message of the 23rd December states that in Urga, the capital of
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  • 365 6 Things Grotesque. The clever tronpe introduced its first change of programme last night at the Palladium, before a house literally crammed with a most appreciative audience. It would require more than the limits of our space to do the Company the justice it really deserves, and we
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  • 36 6 Garrison Golf Club. Notice. The following is the result of the Ladies Medical Competition, Januiry, 1915 Mrs. Vowler 53 10 43 Mrs. CookeYarborough 61 12 40 Mrs. Nicholson 51— 2- p» 5 cards taken out.
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  • 29 6 Information has been received from the Consul-General for the Netherlands Indies that the Batu Berhanti light has been changed into a fixed light until further notice.
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  • 149 6 Count Gyldenstolpe, the Swedish scientist, M. de Berg, Secretary of the Russian Legation, Bangkok, and Mr. W. L. Grut have gone to Kolak after big game. It is reported from Mukden that, in spite of Peking instructions to the contrary, no insignificant number of the Mongols on the Siberian frontiers
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 186 6 I MOTOR CARS ON HIReI MOTOR REPAIRS ALL KINDS OF TYrc. GREASE f RE| Cylinder Oil AND Motor Accessories OF Every Description. Solo Agents For: North British Clincher Motor Tyres JMeitz Weiss Oil Engines The Celebrated Star, Mitchell and Paige Cars Pope Motor Cycles I Gasolene Light Cycle Co. I
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  • 109 7 SHIPPING PRODUCE SECTION. FIXTURES. Thursday, 2ht. r r Palladium. A v v Di. MacDougall. J v \v OA. kM pm. _,-«-::■-11 a.m. 8 ft. < ma.; l-rf> Friday, 22nd. 5 *Gl tetqM* Palladium A jlO a.m. I ft. ♦> in*.; &M p.m. Saturday- 23rd. ,i, -t--r Moon. st George Regular.
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  • 71 7 Jan- 91*} Berthage. TANJONG PAGAR. arl Bwia Section 80. 1 Qmtei Pi"' ButWbarl do No. Exfoi d,Bappho Wharf vmi Victoria do No. .i Patrol Dn Dadbi do do -Wharf Section No. 4 (Under construction 1 jU B Wharf Minderoo, Kuala "«t Dock do 7 Pontoporo», Kut
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  • 1255 7 Shipping Notes and News. The M.M. Homeward liner Magellan sailed this morning. The A Holt liner Atreus has safely arrived in Liverpool on Monday. For Western Australia loads the Minderoo on or about the 22nd inst. The Barber liner Shimesa from Boston and New York is about due.
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  • 195 7 Kkdang. Ltd. Mr. James Wickett presided over a meeting of shareholders in Kledang, Ltd., at Redruth, on Dec. 10. The balance-sheet showed a profit of £544 as compared with the loss of £.'502 for the previous year. Mr. Wickett remarked that they had sold a large quantity
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  • 222 7 It is interesting to note that all questions relating to tbe purchase and export of food supplies, munitions of war and field equipment for the French, Belgian, Russian and Serbian Governments are now dealt with by the Interdational Commission for the Purchase of Supplies. Application for
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  • 317 7 {Singapore, Jan. 2l) Copra —Business very dulL TYn.—573.75 200 tons Bold. Tapioca. —In brisk demand. Other Products.— Market steady. Latest Leu I Market QvoutioasNutmegs 110 S. per picul $2100 Nutmegs 80S. 2200 Copra Bali 10.1« Capra Gorong Talo 10.20 Copra Dongalo 1 Copra Kayong 9 Copra Polo Copra
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  • 74 7 Singapore, January 21. On London— Bank 4 m/s. 2/4 7/16 Demand 2/4 3/32 Private 3 m/s. 2/4 11/16 On India— Bank T. T. 175 On Hongkong— d/d 21$ On Shanghai— Bank d/d. 102£ On Java— Bank T. T. 14U On Japan— Bank d/d. 114 Sovereigns—buying rate $8.54 India Ceil
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  • 91 7 The new Cunard liner Transyhania (il*soo ton«) has arrived ni New York with an exciting story of how she misled destruction by a few feet when three hours ottiklc Liverpool on December 4. At three ©'clock in the morning there was a terrific explosion, with a blinding
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 69 7 Traio Services. REVISED TIMES Singapore (Tank-Road) Daily. Daily h-iivee fur north at 7.7 a.m. and PJB. Other trains leave for Johore at l Ii.. noon, 1.30 p., 2.56 p., 4.40 p. from north at 8.16 a.m. and <. 14 Traim 1,-ave from Johore 7.9, 8.42, 10.15, 11.4*. i.m, 3.2, 4.23
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 276 7 MAILS CLOSE. To-day. \#\»+dn Hilik. Tand n? Balfi and M. ,1* Singkara 1- p.m. M u *r and Malacca* Hainam i pm. /V..jng" and Calcutta taking mails for DurUjl Kutaang p.m. Batu Pahat Mena p.m. Port Dickson and Port Swettenham *Selangor 3 p.m. Malacca and Muar "Kaka p.m. Bangkok Brrnl
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  • 855 8 The Post Office Case. The hearing was continued before the acting Chief Justice, Mr. L. M. Woodward, and a special jury, in the Supreme Court yesterday afternoon, wherein Kee A Seng, formerly employed by the Singapore Post Office as senior stamp vendor, stands charged on two counts of
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  • 38 8 A Shanghai despatch to the Tokyo Jiji states that the Agricultural and Commercial Department of the Chinese Government is organizing a commission of thirty-seven leading businessmen, most of whom represent Shanghai, to visit the Pa-nama-Pacific Exposition in March.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 190 8 A Director's Praise. At the general meeting of the Alor Gajah Rubber Estates, Ltd., held recently, the Chairman reported that Ribbed Smoked Sheet was manufactured on the Estate with the aid of Jackson's Patent Rubber Curing and Drying Apparatus. The London Brokers had a high opinion of the Rubber of
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    • 414 8 THE CELEBRATED BIRCH CARRIAGES, HARNESSES Aft JINRIKISHAS. are produced with all the reo/iir. rr,.-, different countries and ,»>] tions and data secured hy my tives, who have visited the prindnd i?** the many countries to stud} characteristic of vehicles and harn«i? Full and comprehensive export gives the minutest detail in
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  • 887 9 Mine Manager's Report. J. A. Russell and Co., Lumpur, managing agents >retariea of the Malayan Coles Ltd., have issued to share- under date December .'{lst, (lowing statement of the posithe property as at December ire desired by your board of to inform you that they ie opportunity afforded
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    • 261 9 NOTICE 'SHELL 1 MOTOR SPIRIT, PURE METHYLATED SPIRITS In Large Quantities. HIN WATT& CO., Phone No. 428. 102, Market Street. IuAM KIAT CO., 108 109, MARKET STREET. Telephone No. 421. Shipchandlers, Government and Municipal Contractors, Estate Suppliers and Commission Agents. Sole Agents: THE MULCOTT BELTING Co., Ltd. Best Multiplar Brand
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    • 491 9 NOTICE NOTICE. THE KUALA SAWAH RUBBER CO., LTD. Tenders are invited for the erection of Co>lie Lines at the above Estate in Seremban. Plans may be seen at the Estate, or at No. 28 Robinson Road between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. 14- 1 21-1 NOTICE OF REMOVAL The Servants'
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    • 460 9 The Malaya Tribune. EMPLOYMENT BUREAU. This Bureau will furnish employer*—free mt charg**—with fnll particular* of the qnalitcations and experience of suitable men for any position they have vacant. Employee* desiring appointments can have their application, nlea I R» r fur a fee of $o. This include* 1. Th<- retention of
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 568 10 SHIPPING T Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij Royal Packet Navigation Co., of Batavia. 2 —3, Collyer Quay. Under Contract with the Netherlands India Government. The undermentioned dates of departure are only approximate. BINGAI'OKE Bingkawang, Selakau, Pemangkat and Sambas Jan. 21 BINGKARA Tanjong-Mengeidar, Tanjong-Leidong, Berombarg, Paneh, Asahan and Belawan-Deli Jan. 21 V. HO6XVDOBF
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    • 190 10 SHIPPING P. 0. Steam Navigation Company. For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. For Freight, Passage and Further Information, Hppljj fo: H. W. BUCKLAND, AGENT. INSURANCE The Eastern United Assurance Corporation, Limited. HEAD OFFlCE.—Singapore. INCOBPORATEO IN THE BTRAITS SETTLEMENTS) BOARD OF DIRECTORS Tan
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    • 406 10 GUAN KIAT GO. 37, PHILLIP STREET. Telegraphic Address: GL'ANKIAT. Codes A.B.C. sth Edition and AI Telephone Nos. 1233 1174 (Private 1450.) COODS READY IN STOCK NOW 14th January, 1915.) 4.000 Kegs Hubburk*s Coloured Paint. Oil and Sundries. 11,200 tbe. White Gotten Watte, R.OOO lbs. Insertion Cloth. 15,000 ft Balata Leather
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    • 317 10 RANEECUNCT Drainpipes AND Channels SOLE AGENTS: INDO MALAY CO, SINGAPORE. PAUL ca PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS* 57 Selegie Road. Children's Portraiture a Speck HIGH-CLASS WOBKXAJKB Charges Carte de visite per doz. come* U nr Cabinet n M "P'JJ Bondolr 115.0 C Special Rates for Quantities. A visit to our Studio will be
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